rreuters,may 27.
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday it had canceled a travel warning for Sri Lanka, in a boost for the Indian Ocean island state that ended a long war last year and hopes to draw more tourists.
The end of the travel warning comes just over a year after Sri Lanka declared victory over the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) following 27 years of civil war.
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afp,may 26.
WASHINGTON — Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris has urged Washington to seize business and other opportunities in post-war Sri Lanka rather than focus only on alleged human rights abuses there.
Visiting Washington after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a resounding re-election victory in January, Peiris parried criticism from human rights activists and others as he began a weeklong visit to push for closer ties.
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afp,may 27.
LONDON — Amnesty called Thursday for the US, China and Russia to sign up to the International Criminal Court, in a hard-hitting report alleging powerful governments have blocked advances in global justice.
The trio and four of their fellow G20 nations -- India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- must drop their opposition to the ICC, Amnesty said, as it unveiled its annual snapshot of global human rights.
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Published: Wed May 26 22:04:48 EDT 2010

amil Tiger child rebels go homebbc,may 27.
All former Tamil Tiger rebels underage when the war ended last year have been returned to their families and communities, Sri Lankan officials say...

Thousands of vehicles unclaimed in North Lankaens,may 27.
OLOMBO: The land opposite the public playground in Kilinochchi, the former capital of the LTTE in north Sri Lanka, is now a dumping ground for over 17,000 civilian vehicles which government troops had recovered from the war zone last year...

Fast-disappearing treasuries the pick in Sri Lankarreuters,may 27.
COLOMBO (Reuters) - When Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war ended last year, investors surged to its share market and sent the index rocketing up 125 percent and making it the top pick in global frontier investments...

Gold seized from Lankan at airporttoi,may 27.
CHENNAI: Customs officials on Wednesday seized eight gold bars of 800 grams each worth Rs 14.83 lakh from a Sri Lankan national who arrived from Colombo...

Rights group wants UN panel on Sri Lankaap,may 26.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A human rights group has asked the United Nations not to abandon seeking accountability for alleged abuses in Sri Lanka's civil war...

Sri Lanka shuts rehab camp for rebel child soldiersafp,may 26.
COLOMBO, May 25 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Tuesday closed a camp holding former Tamil Tiger child soldiers, but 52 of the youths will stay in government care to complete their education, an official said...

South Africa to assist widowed women in North Lankapti,may 26.
Colombo, May 25 (PTI) The South African government will assist Sri Lanka to uplift the living standards of women widowed during the three-decade-long war between security forces and the LTTE in the Northern Province and help in their children's education...

LTTE pose threat to Indian VVIPs: Indiahindustantimes.com,may 25.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) might be militarily decimated in Sri Lanka but big neighbour India is not taking any chance...